Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Enterprise, Community and Resources, which provided an update on external funding secured by Halton during the past year, and an update on the Charging Policy Pilot.

The Board was advised that the primary role of the External Funding Team was to maximise external funding into the Borough. The Team focused on Government, European, National Lottery, Landfill Funding, Trusts and Foundations, as sources for external funding opportunities for Halton. Details of the type of support offered by the Team over the previous financial year were set out in the report.

At its meeting on 19 July 2018, the Board had agreed to the implementation of a pilot Charging Policy for bid-writing support for external sectors. The pilot commenced in September 2018 and charging was operated on a sliding scale but did not apply to organisations with less than £10,000 in unrestricted funding. It was reported that to date, two contracts were in place with two further contracts in the pipeline. Experience through the pilot had identified the need for a lower fee scale for smaller bids, and a suggested revised fee scale was set out in the report for Members’ consideration.

RESOLVED: That the Board

1)    note the level of funding secured to date; and

2)    agree the revised fee charges for bid services up to £50,000 as set out in section 5 of the report.